An international scale for all women
All known MRS versions are available below in PDF-format (Adobe Acrobat). As most translations followed recognised methodology for language adaptation, we assume that the translations have linguistic and cultural equivalence.
Researchers interested in using the MRS please use exclusively the form at: Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) – Request form and inform about your intentions for use of the MRS. After granting non-commercial use, the requested MRS will be provided in PDF format.
For licensing the MRS for commercial purposes please also use exclusively the form at: Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) – Request form.
If the scale is applied to countries with the “same” language, e.g. Spain and Mexico, United Kingdom and the United States, a critical review of the translation should be conducted in order to ensure cultural as well as linguistic equivalence. In some cases, a new translation may be necessary.
The following languages are currently available for use:
- Belgium-Dutch version
- Belgium-French version
- Bulgarian version
- Chilean version1
- Chinese – Mainland version2
- Chinese – Taiwan version
- Croatian version
- Danish version
- Dutch version!
- English – UK version
- English – US version
- Finish version
- French version
- German version
- Greece version
- Indonesian version3
- Italian version
- Japanese version
- Korean version
- Mexican/Argentinian version
- Polish version
- Portuguese (Brazil) version!
- Portuguese (Portugal) version!4
- Romanian version
- Russian version
- South African-Afrikaans version
- South African-English version
- Spanish version
- Swedish version
- Tagalog version
- Turkish version
- Ukrainian (Russ.) version
- Ukrainian (Ukrain.) version
For all requests regarding permission to use our rating scales, please use exclusively the form at: Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) – Request form
1. Aedo M, S; Porcile J, A; Irribarra A, C (2006) Calidad De Vida Relacionada Con El Climaterio En Una Población Chilena De Mujeres Saludables. In : Revista chilena de obstetricia y ginecología, vol. 71, n° 6. DOI: 10.4067/S0717-75262006000600007.
2. Wu, HC; Wen, SH; Hwang, JS; Huang, SC (2015) Validation of the traditional Chinese version of the Menopausal Rating Scale with WHOQOL-BREF. In : Climacteric: the journal of the International Menopause Society, vol. 18, n° 5, p. 750–756. DOI: 10.3109/13697137.2015.1044513.
3. Dwi Susanti, H; Chang, PC; Chung, MH (2019) Construct validity of the Menopause Rating Scale in Indonesia. In : Climacteric: the journal of the International Menopause Society, vol. 22, n° 5, p. 454–459. DOI: 10.1080/13697137.2019.1574737.
4. Espírito Santo, J; Marques de Loureiro, NE; Brandão-Loureiro, V; Aibar-Almazán, A; Hita-Contreras, F (2023) Psychometric properties and validity of the Menopause Rating Scale in postmenopausal Portuguese women. In : Menopause (New York, N.Y.), vol. 30, n° 2, p. 179–185. DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000002104.
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